Extract of letter written by Aubrey's father to the Hulme Hall Warden. Quotation is from one of Aubrey's friends in the Battalion

Extract of letter written by Aubrey's father to the Hulme Hall Warden. Quotation is from one of Aubrey's friends in the Battalion

My very best pal, your son Aubrey, was killed with a shell on the evening of the fourth of September. We had come forward together to find Captain Cunliffe and his Company to discover what the situation was like. I left them together and returned to the Brigade with what news we had gathered. He remained behind doing more than his duty in keeping Captain Cunliffe company. Two hours later some of his men came back and reported to me that both he and Captain Cunliffe had been killed instantaneously by the same shell. The news quite broke me – I pray you may be able to bear it.

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    Born 1894

    Died 1916

    British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion